Anyone have experience using these to speed control Vortex fans?
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I have not used my lectro heating pad and control for more than 2 hours; which I used to make sure it did heat up. I did not notice any difference in temp when I used the control on low or high. It did not seem to have any effect on the pad when I turned it on without the control. My litter did not materialize, so I have not used it for newborns as I had intended. My heating pad arrived in sad condition. The box was beat up and arrived 2 days after the control unit and extra cover for the heating pad. They should have arrived on the same day.
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Yes this is the same speed controller you need for vortex fans. I'm using it currently on the 8" s-line fan with brushless motor. this controller is what is recommended to use by atmosphere.
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I asked LEDwholesalers the same question RocPopy, This is there response. "Hello: Sorry, our fans are unlikely to work with fan speed controllers. Regards, LEDwholesalers" That should clear things up for everyone.
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Does not come with an adapter that can allow it to be controlled by the motherboard. These are one speed fans that come with a 3 pin to 4 pin MOLEX adapter so you can hook them up to your power supply or maybe a fan controller. These are not PWM fans. I bought them once thinking they were and returned them. These are the fans you want if you want PWM. Andrew is wrong.Cougar Vortex PWM 120 Cooling CF-V12HP, Orange
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I'm using a Hydrofarm Fan Speed Controller. About $20. Works fine. Reducing power a bit lowers the noise considerably.
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I think they do well enough, I have been using the same fans for over 6 months and my pc blows out cool air at the top.
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I have one that I use a speed controller with. In reality for my purpose I really don't need a controller it does not move as much air as I thought. It is very quite though. Very faint hum.
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This is the quietest fan I have ever used. I use it for cooling my Onkyo Home Theater receiver, which runs very warm. I just used a wall wart power supply to power it and haven't tried any speed control. I would think you can vary the speed by using a variable output DC power supply.
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I use the PWM splitter from Swiftech with these fans and haven't experienced any issues. I am running 5 or so of these fans for my water cooling setup.
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Pretty sure they are 4 pin. I will look when I get home and if I am wrong I will update in 24h. You can use 3 pin fans, Ive done it before, just make sure the groove on the fan headers line up and theyll run.
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They work great, haven't had any issues with them. Though they do not seem to move much air when used in the front. I moved them to the top an placed 2 Corsair SP120 in the front for maximum air movement.
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NO. I have tried both brush-style and brushless compatible speed controllers with this fan and neither work.
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If you have them in a computer on the desktop next to you running at maximum speed, they would be a bit annoying. I have 6 fans in my computer but only 1 running at maximum speed and I don't even notice them unless I specifically listen.
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I am presently using it to control a 130 cfm bathroom exhaust fan. It works great.
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it should be spinning at maximum speed if you plug it directly to your PSU via molex. otherwise you can control the fan speed if you plug it to your mobo. hope this helps.
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the fan just work under high performance (when a large amount of power is required).Don't worry about it..
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Sorry, I'm using fan controller. I don't recall how many amps the MB header will handle, but that might be an issue for some if using just one header for all. Check out this thread, it may help. GL! :) http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=2012030
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Pretty much any fan controller that is front/5.25 mountable should be fine but i don't have a controller in mine, i just let the motherboard handle the system fans, and my Corsair H80i has its own internal controller. Something like this would be fine: Kingwin Multi-Function LCD Fan Controller Panel Cooling FPX-003